The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the long-standing practice.

Iowa, has previously rejected President Donald Trump’s calls to disregard the federal official confirmation tradition. The senator’s spokesperson quoted him as telling

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in order to get the rest of his judicial nominations and attorneys confirmed. Trump trashed the “blue slip,